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Governor-General of Algeria: 3 October 1930 to 21 September 1935: Jules Carde, Governor-General of Algeria: 21 September 1935 to 19 July 1940: Georges Le Beau , Governor-General of Algeria: 19 July 1940 to 16 July 1941: Jean-Marie Charles Abrial, Governor-General of Algeria: 16 July 1941 to 20 September 1941: Maxime Weygand, Governor-General of ...
French Algeria (French: Alger until 1839, then Algérie afterwards; [1] unofficially Algérie française, [2] [3] Arabic: الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of Algerian history when the country was a colony and later an integral part of France.
Once the Bey of Constantine, he fought the French starting in 1830, and declared himself Dey of Algeria in 1833. After defeating a large French attack in 1836, his capital was captured in 1837, after which he retreated into the Aures and the Sahara from where he waged guerilla warfare, until he surrendered in 1848. [6] [7]
During the French colonial period (1830–1962), Algeria contained a large European population of 1.6 million who constituted 15.2% of the total population in 1962. . Consisting primarily of French people, other populations included Spaniards in the west of the country, Italians and Maltese in the east, and other Europeans in small
The Regency of Algiers was founded in 1516 and existed as largely independent tributary state of the Ottoman Empire until the French invasion of 1830.Founded by the corsair brothers Aruj and Hayreddin Barbarossa, the Regency was an important pirate base for Barbary corsairs and became involved in numerous armed conflicts with European powers.
Governors general of Algeria (44 P) Members of Parliament for French Algeria (51 P) P. Prefects of Constantine (4 P) S. Senators of French Algeria (15 P)
Political office-holders in French Algeria (4 C) E. Elections in French Algeria (2 C, 2 P) M. Military of French Algeria (1 C, 9 P) T. Treaties of French Algeria (1 C ...
Thomas Robert Bugeaud, marquis de la Piconnerie, duc d'Isly (15 October 1784 – 10 June 1849) was a Marshal of France and Governor-General of Algeria during the French colonization.